England vs India 1st Test at Birmingham, 01 Aug, 2018

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 287/10 (89.4)  &  180/10 (53)
India 274/10 (76)  &  162/10 (54.2)
England won by 31 runs
Man of the Match: Sam Curran
  • Umesh Yadav 0 * (8)

Over 21.5 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, goes on to the back foot and defends it to the onside.

Over 21.6 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, Boundary! Gets out his stride to the pitch of it and smears it in front of extra cover and raced away to the fence for four.

Over 22.2 JM Anderson bowls it short of length to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets back in the crease and sways away from the bouncer.

Over 22.3 JM Anderson bowls it short of length to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, goes back footed in punching his defence towards cover

Over 22.4 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and went for a drive away from the body, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 22.5 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and looks to play inside the line, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 22.6 JM Anderson bowls a back of length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, 1 run, goes deep in the crease and tucks it behind square on the onside and picks up a single.

Over 23.1Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin No runs ...

Over 23.2Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin No runs ...

Over 23.3Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin No runs ...

Over 23.4Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin Boundary! ...

Over 23.5Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin No runs ...

Over 23.6Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin No runs ...

Over 24.2 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, Boundary! Gets squared up by the nip away, but manages to point his bat downwards to ensure the edge goes wide of third slip.

Over 24.3 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, out Caught by Bairstow!!  Anderson smartly gets it closer to the stumps, continuing to jag it away after pitching like he has mastered. Ashwin flirts, away from his body and kisses it off the outside edge to the keeper.